Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-08
THE FOXHUNTERS.

TIE FONr1OiN Emo.
We saw last week that the sire of Lot
tie @ - l-2) was Potter's Foxhunter. he
by the Antisdale Horse. \ letter of in
quiry addressed to Arson AntiSdale, Pal
myra, n. V, brought the following very
full and courteous reply:
"Yours of Dec. received. have de-
layed my reply necessarily. as had Civ
Ell away the pedigree of the horse you
speak of, but today have secured it from
one who owns Il stallion sired by my
fathers horse. will send the questions
and answers in the order named hoping
what | shall write will be satisfactory to
you and worthy of a space in your most
excellent paper. the American Cultivator.
remain yours. very respectfully.
j. FRANKLIN ANTIsDALE.
Questions: First. Where did YOU get
him: Second. Who bred him: Third.
What year was he foaled: Fourth. What
was his sire: Fifth. What was his dam?
Sixth, What color was your Foxhunter
and what did you do with him:
Answers; First and second. Bred by
Otis Antisdalc of Ontario county. y. Y.
Third, Foaled June 10, 1854. Fourth,
Sired by NanAuken's FoXhunter of
Wayne county. y. Y. he by the old
Southern Turf Horse. that ran on the
Pennsylvania lines and won $1,000, and
afterwards sold for $1,000. His (Nan
Auken's) dam. a Tallyho. Old Fox. by
Selm, and Selim by Janus. an English
imported horse. his dam an English Fox
hunter. Fifth, Dam. by imported Samp-
son, known as the Chapman Horse.
Sixth, FoXhunter was II beautiful bright
bay with very little white on near fore
and hind feet. AT the age of about eight
years he was sold to George Potter of
Ontario. Wayne Co., y. V, who kept
him until fourteen years old and sold him
for 500, after which he changed hands
several times until the year 1877, when
he was purchased by Otis Antisdale, who
raised him, and returned to his first
home. where he died the following year.
]
dale Horse, was IA marvel of beauty, and
was as near perfection as horse could
possibly be. lie was, as | have before
stated, golden bay, 10 81 hands high,
and weighed 100 pounds, was easy and
graceful in all his movements and uneX-
celled in disposition. He was never de
feated in the show ring, but always came
off victorious. leading all competitors.
As sire he was unsurpassed, and as Il
general rule stamped himself on his pro-
geny.
am very much obliged to Mr.. Ants
dale for his kindness, and assure him
that his courtesy will be widely appre-
ciated by the owners of FoXhunter stock
scattered as it is all over the Union. This
is the first time that | have been able to
get any account at all of the original
FOXhunter.
A letter to Mr.. ii. NJ. Boardman of
Nashville, Yates Co., y. Y, inquiring as
to the breeding of Champion Foxhunter,
sire of Lady Pumpkins (2:3G) the dam
of Belle 5. BPS l-2) and the grandam
of Col. Wood (2:22 l-2), brought the
following answer:
"ln answer to your inquiry concerning
the Champion FoXhunter, or Randall
Horse, will say, he was bred by myself
and kept by ME until seven years old,
when | sold him to Ed. Randall and
brother, of Pen Yam, n. Y. He was
foaled in 1857, and sired by the Blodgett
FoXhunter, bred by Mr.. Ephraim Blod-
gett, now living in Canandaigua, N. Y,
he by imported Foxhunter. 1t should
be understood that the term imported
is used by horsemen in western New
York as synonymous with brought in
from abroad, not necessarily across the
water.'] The dam of Blodgett's Foxhun-
ter was thoroughbred mare by Duroc,
by Diomed. The dam OF the Champion
Foxhunter purchased when quite young,
and was told she was sired by a horse
called Crocker's Eclipse; farther than
this do not know her breeding. Wal
lace, Vol. 3-Eclipse (Crocker's), foaled
IS; got by Don Quixote, son of Poto-
mac, by imported Messenger; dam by
Baiazet l56; grandam by imported Mes
senger. She was a beautiful, attractive,